Methanol → 2a(2),4a(2),6a(2),3,4-Pentahydroxychalcone

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Then, 20 ml of methanol was added to 5.19 g of the so-obtained 2'-hydroxy-3,4,4',6'-tetrakis(methoxymethoxy)chalcone, and 40 ml of a hydrochloric acid/methanol reagent was added to the formed suspension and the mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 15 minutes. After the reaction, the reaction liquid was poured into water, and the precipitated crystal was recovered by filtration, washed with water and dried to obtain 2.81 g (yield=87.2%) of a crude crystal. The crude crystal was subjected to the column chromatography (200 g of 240-400 mesh Kieselgel 60; 0.3 kg/cm2 ; eluting solvent hexane/ethyl acetate=2/1, 2700 ml, hexane/ethyl acetate=1/1). Fractions of 50 ml were collected and the 92nd to 149th fractions were combined and concentrated to dryness to obtain 1.06 g (yield=32.9%) of 2',3,4,4',6'-pentahydroxychalcone.

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